Applicant Auction Announces Suggested Schedule for 8 Future Private gTLD Auctions

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Applicant Auction Announces Suggested Schedule for 8 Future Private gTLD Auctions

	By Sheel Mohnot Project Director, Applicant Auction
	April 15, 2014 Views: 6,501 Add Comment

The Applicant Auction team is getting an increasing number of requests from applicants who are scheduled for ICANN’s Last Resort auction and would prefer to participate in the Applicant Auction instead. A common question is: What is my last chance to participate in an Applicant Auction?

To be able to give a clear answer for this, we are suggesting a schedule for future Applicant Auctions. When a gTLD is scheduled for an ICANN Last Resort auction, the latest possible date to hold a private auction for that string is about a month earlier - and we have reflected that in the suggested schedule.

The reason for holding a private auction at least a month earlier is that we would like to ensure that the settlement process for the auction can finish before the ICANN-imposed deadlines for withdrawals, which is the same as the “deposit deadline,” and 7 days before each ICANN auction.

The dates we propose are not the only options for auctions - we’re happy to hold auctions on other dates applicants agree on, as long as there is enough time to finish the settlement process.

The schedule is available online at http://www.applicantauction.com/schedule, and as a downloadable pdf.

If you would like to participate in a scheduled Applicant Auction, please contact us at least one week before contracts are due for that auction - this means at least 8 weeks before the ICANN Last Resort Auction the gTLD is scheduled for.

By Sheel Mohnot, Project Director, Applicant Auction

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